Hey! The Boss Is Calling Me Into the Office
In many workplaces, harassment on the shop floor is backed up by the threat of being written up or sent into the office.
View ArticleThe Grievance Meeting: How to Present a Grievance to Management
The first stages of filing a grievance can be the most important, no matter what kind of grievance procedure your contract contains.
View ArticleLabor Department Tightens FMLA Restrictions
Just four days before George Bush left office, the Department of Labor put new regulations for the Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA) into effect.
View ArticleThe Seven Tests for Just Cause
Most Teamster contracts protect workers from termination except for “just cause.”
View ArticleDefend Yourself With Information From Your Boss
Using your union’s legal right to acquire information from the employer can help you defend your rights and win grievances and arbitrations.
View ArticleProtect Yourself with Intermittent Leave
February 24, 2012: Warehouse jobs are brutal. Production standards and mandatory overtime take a toll on our bodies.
View ArticleNew FMLA Rules May Bar Employers From Burning Vacation Leave
February 26, 2010: What is the most disliked rule in the 1993 Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA)? Undoubtedly, the provision that allows employers to substitute workers’ vacation leaves during FMLA...
View ArticleBeating Management at The Grievance Game
July 9, 2010: How can you protect members and enforce the contract when management is trying to derail the grievance procedure?
View ArticleSteward's Corner: Last Chance Agreements
August 11, 2010: What should a fired member do if management offers them a “Last Chance Agreement” as a condition for getting their job back?
View ArticleNew Audiobook: The Legal Rights of Union Stewards
January 17, 2012: Robert Schwartz’s classic guide for union stewards is now available as a 2-CD audiobook.
View ArticleGet the Union Steward’s Complete Guide
Get the “indispensable guide for labor’s frontline troops.”
View ArticleTeamster Tools for Winning Grievances
April 12, 2012: Get grievance advice and essential resources from TDU today.
View ArticleUsing 'Just Cause' to Win Grievances
August 30, 2012: Understanding 'Just Cause' can help protect Teamsters from discipline or discharge.
View ArticleDefend Yourself With Information From Your Boss
February 1, 2013: Using your union's legal right to acquire information from the employer can help you defend your rights and win grievances and arbitrations.
View ArticleDealing with Discipline for Absenteeism
January 23, 2013: When it comes to defending members, write-ups for absenteeism is one of the most common problems stewards have to deal with.
View ArticleTips for Writing Grievances
August 19, 2013: Writing an effective grievance is the first step to winning and the foundation for your case. Avoid common mistakes with these Teamster Grievance Writing Tips.
View ArticleHow to Think Like an Arbitrator
April 18, 2014: Thinking like an arbitrator will help you win your contract language grievances even if you don’t go to arbitration.
View Article“What a Union is All About”
April 8, 2014: An interview with Brooke Reeves, a Local 251 Steward at Rhode Island Hospital.
View ArticleGot Unfair Labor Practices? Put 'em to use
Labor Notes10/17/2014Employer unfair labor practices (ULPs) are violations of worker and union rights under the National Labor Relations Act (NLRA) and similar public sector collective bargaining laws.
View ArticleDefend Yourself With Information From Your Boss
Using your union’s legal right to acquire information from the employer can help you defend your rights and win grievances and arbitrations.
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